March 5/10 Sitting here, waiting for spring, my mind starts churning, thinking.. thinking.. thinking… (it’s a dangerous thing, sometimes!) This winter I took the risk of leaving my fish in the pond… a big sigh of relief, they have survived. Now, I look at all the plants that I hauled in last fall and think “this is crazy” – not my style. If they can’t survive the winter outside then they aren’t the plants for me. So, I had a thought.R...
Jan 17/10 Well, we went through a really cold week or so and yesterday the sun shone brightly, melting the layer of ice on the pond. This morning I watched our fish swimming around (well not really swimming around really.. just kinda hovering near the surface). Still alive and well. Still crossing my fingers. A few more months to go.
Jan 4/09 We are having extreme cold (extreme for us) and when I looked out at the pond today the bubbler was just barely having an effect. So, assuming that it probably isn’t good for the motor to be have the air hoses frozen or whatever the problem is, I decided to unplug the bubbler. (next year—unplug it when we reach winter). So outside in the “brrrrr” and working my way through frozen plastic and around wood that is frozen in the ground, I reach the electrica...
Dec 31/09 At Christmas, our weather was hovering around (just below) the freezing mark and the pond was entirely open. Although it was nice to watch the fish I was worried that they were at the surface because the water was too warm and that when the temperature dropped again that they might be in trouble. This week, we had temperatures of -10C (and colder) and the pond froze up again – all except the circle of open water around the bubbler and de-icer. At the first drop in temper...
Dec 27/09 Pond Update the netting (that I had on the pond to keep the pine needles from going into the water) has been removed a bubbler and de-icer/heater has been installed to keep an opening in the ice over the winter, to let the gasses escape The Cons the pine needles are now going into the water—the day after I took the netting off we had a huge wind storm and tons of pine needles fell into the water. the cost of running the bubbler and de-icer were not expenses...
Dec 12/09 Today, after several days of sub-zero temperatures, I looked out at the pond and the surface was solid ice. I had installed a bubbler to keep the surface open in order for toxic fumes to escape. That plan wasn’t working! The bubbler can be set at different speeds and I had it at a medium level. It was moving the water around pretty well, where it was sitting, but not so much that the entire pond water was moving. I understand that you don’t want to circulate al...
Dec 8/09 I had a thought this afternoon—- I had covered our pond with a netting to catch the pine needles that fell from the tree this fall. It worked well. But, the “idea” pointed out that the netting would catch the snow that is supposed to fall tomorrow and get weighed down, down into the pond, even though I had a crisscrossing of boards supporting the netting. So, I removed the netting. Although it was almost dark out I could see a swirl of “white” –...
I wanted a water garden, but did not, or have the room to do an in ground pond. So I went to the local Tractor Supply store and bought a 3×2x8 stock tank. I also bought a pump, filter, fountain kit, pea gravel, plants and gold fish. The pond has done very well over the summer, the plants have grown fast, and the small gold fish have grown as well. I was very pleased with the progress of the pond, and look forward to next year.
Aug 25/09 When our fish hear me walking on the lower deck they come swimming to the surface to see if there is anything to eat. If I notice I usually grab them a small handful of food and toss it in the water. The typical reaction is:1. Goldie, the goldfish, grabs the first pellet 2. Number 1, the big Shubunkin, grabs a mouthful (usually 3 or 4 pellets)3. Jenny-fish, one of the shubunkin from this year, comes next and takes a pellet. After Number 1 has had about 3 mouthfuls, Tim-fish...
I am so busy at work , vacations coming in august so I am concentrating, here is apicture this morning, its blooming time and I will post some more later today or tomorrow.Just wanted to say hi folks…
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